Harness-saddle



(No Model.) S. S. KURTZ;

HARNESS SADDLE.

Patented Dec. 31'

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEVART S. KURTZ, OF CANTON, OHIO.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,195, dated December31, 1889.

Application filed November 14,1888- Serial No. 290,769. (No model.)

To (1% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEWART S. KURTZ, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in I-Iarness-Saddles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in harness saddles, or so-calledgig-saddles, the object being to form a plain, light, and inexpensivesaddle.

WVith this end in view my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a gigsaddle illustrating myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view longitudinally through the treeand pad; Fig. 3, a side View of the saddle-tree; Fig. 4, a view of thepad; Fig. 5, the back-strap, and Fig. 6 the terret.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the accompanying drawings.

A represents the saddle-tree, which is in this case made of malleablecast-iron, but, if preferred, may be stamped out of sheets of wroughtmetal, is of such width as will cover the wide pad shown by Fig. 4, andat the same time light and strong.

The particular features to which I would call attention are the broadflat under surface of the saddle adapted to rest on the upper surface ofthe pad B, and to the groove 0 formed in and over the apex of the tree,the bottom of said groove being graded so as to disappear at a pointbetween the apex and the lower ends of the sides of the tree,substantially as shown; also in the plain lower ends a of the tree andribs to. A check-hook, as 0. having a shoulder a and saddle b, is

secured to the tree by the screw 0 in the usual way, and in the side ofthe tree there is provided perforations, as cl, through which thethreaded portion (1 of the terret D is passed through the tree andskirt, and is turned into a threaded nut h, secured in the pad B. Itwill be noticed that pad-plate or skirt F is formed of harness-leatherextending throughout the saddle, to which the pad B is secured and uponwhich the pad is constructed, thus dispensing with the weight and costof a metal or separate leather pad-plate. While it is shown that thecheck-hook a is passed through the loop 70, formed in the upper portionof the pad, the forward beaded wall k of said loop engages against theshoulder a of the hook a and will to some extent assist in securing thepad to the tree, the main dependence for such security is placed uponthe terret, the shanked portion d of which is secured in the nut h inthe body of the pad under the skirt or leather pad-plate F, the shoulderd resting on the metal tree.

In the-shank of the terret D is provided an oblong loop (1 in length tocorrespond with the width of the groove 0. The groove 0 and the loop (1in alignment, the back-strap E is passed through the loops and thegroove and is free to move endwise therein, the lower side of the strapresting on the bottom of the groove 0 and the loops d It will be seenthat the object sought in the hereinbefore-described parts andarrangementthereof is to provide a plain inexpensive saddle, simple inconstruction, easily taken apart and put together, and having a back orthill strap adjustable longitudinally in its seat over the saddle,thereby adapting it to any uneven burden on the thills or to an unevenadjustment of the thills, so that the weight may be evenly distributedover the back and sides of the animal, and an upward movement of thethill-bearers will be arrested by the terrets, thus avoiding allliability of ripping the back-strap and bearers from the saddle, aswould be the case if the strap were stitched to the saddle.

It will be noticed that the saddle forms a metal housing, and may befinished in japan, or, if preferred. may be plated with precious metal.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, WhatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a saddle-tree A, having a groove 0, graded from theintermediate side portions to the apex of the saddle-tree, ribs a a,parallel with and terminating at the ends of said groove, the lower endsof the tree provided with perforations (I, a pad F, having a loop at itsapex formed With a forward beaded Wall 70, a hook a secured to saidsaddle-tree and projecting through said loop and provided with ashoulder 665 to engage the beaded Wall of said pad, and terrets Dengagedin the perforations d and secured to said pad, substantially as setforth.

